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 Brownfields  2005

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

         Camden Port

         Authority,  AR


EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is
real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
of which may be complicated by the presence or
potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant,
or contaminant. On January 11, 2002, President George
W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law,  EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants  through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The Camden Port  Authority was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. The City of Camden
(population 13,154) is located in Ouachita County in
southwest Arkansas.  Both the city and the state have
been hard hit by recent military cutbacks, including the
loss of more than 6,000 defense-related and retail jobs.
More recently, 200 jobs were eliminated at the Interna-
tional Paper Company. The unemployment rate in the
county is nearly ten percent and 22.5 percent of
Camden residents  live in poverty. The site targeted for
cleanup, the Thrower's site, is part of the Adams
Avenue Redevelopment Program along the Ouachita
River. Once cleaned up, the area will be zoned for light
or moderate industrial use and include recreational
  Cleanup Grant
2005/
  $6,080 for hazardous substances
  $44,800 for petroleum

  EPA has selected the Camden Port Authority for
  a brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
  used for cleanup planning and site cleanup at the
  Thrower's site at 403 Adams Avenue. The
  property had been used as a gasoline service
  station, concrete mixing shop, and auto repair
  shop. Petroleum contamination has been detected
  in both soil and groundwater and the building
  structures on the property contain asbestos.
  Contacts
  For further information, including specific grant
  contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
  news and events, and publications and links, visit
  the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
  brownfields.

  EPA Region 6 Brownfields Team
  214-665-6736
  http://www.epa.gov/earthlr6/6sf/bfpages/
  sfbfhome.htm

  Grant Recipient: Camden Port Authority, AR
  870-836-6436

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
components. Revitalization of the area will improve
environmental conditions and restore pride in the
community. The Adams Avenue Redevelopment
Program venture represents not only jobs and revenues
for the City of Camden, but also an opportunity for
open space preservation along the historic Ouachita
River.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-05-199
                        May 2005
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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